Section: Research Organizations & Think Tanks about Ukraine
Reaching out to the Balkans: Expansion of Azerbaijan’s Defense Cooperation?
The March 10–14 visit by Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov to Croatia and Slovenia attracted little attention in the local media. However, various background developments in the wake of these meetings—held to discuss the potential directions of bilateral military cooperation (Mod.gov.az, March 11)—suggest that the trip should perhaps...
‘Ukraine New Spy Law Designed as Provocation, Opens Whole Can of Worms’
Below is an interview with RPI Director Daniel McAdams conducted by RT.If Ukrainian draft law on intelligence comes into force, we might start seeing assassinations, bomb blasts, and psychological attacks in the Donbass region, says Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute. Ukraine’s parliament has passed a law allowing its intelligence...
Europe Presses Moscow on Ukraine Peace Deal; Report Claims Russian-Made Missile Downed MH17
Plus, Azerbaijan releases two of dozens of political prisoners, and Serbians are urged to be careful where they throw their hand grenades. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
Putin’s Kleptocracy and Family Values
There will be some twists and turns here, so hold on. Earlier this month, the BBC on Putin’s Kleptocracy and Family Values… The post Putin’s Kleptocracy and Family Values appeared first on Acton Institute PowerBlog.Related posts:Russian Evangelicals, Like Most Russians, ‘Thank God for Putin’ Russia and Ukraine: An Exceptional...
Observers on the Line of Death
Five Ukrainians reflect on the turmoil of the past year and the ‘physical need to resist.’ Last in a series. …read more Source: Transitions Online...
EU: Russian Sanctions Stay Until Ukraine Truce Fully in Place
European Union leaders meeting in Brussels said Thursday that they would not lift economic sanct… …read more Source: American Security Council...
Energy and Crimean Tatars Top Agenda as Turkey’s Erdogan Visits Ukraine
March 20, 2015 …read more Source: Center on Global...
Malcolm Fraser’s foreign policy wisdom
Many Liberals and conservatives have looked on sadly over the past three decades at the career of Malcolm Fraser. Like British prime minister Ted Heath, Fraser started off as a man of the Right but ended up as anything but. But some political questions transcend party, and in the post-Cold War era, ideological divisions on foreign policy all too...
Tsipras pledges to present full list of reforms within days to try and unlock bailout cash
Tsipras pledges to present full list of reforms within days to try and unlock bailout cashAccording to a joint statement released yesterday night by the Presidents of the European Council, the Commission and the Eurogroup, the Greek government “will present a full list of specific reforms in the next days” in a bid to speed up negotiations and...
AWOL on the defense budget
This editorial will be published in the March 30 edition of The Weekly Standard.“The single biggest threat to our national security is our debt.”That was a myopic claim when made by chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen back in September 2011. But for the House Republicans to recycle it now—as Vladimir Putin’s troops gnaw...
